Lin Baoshan claimed that the money for his schooling was all borrowed by his mother. In reality, that was just a lie invented by Old Mother Lin; otherwise, she would have had no way to explain the source of the funds, leaving her no choice but to claim they were loans.
This was also the reason why, among the three Lin brothers, only Lin Baoshui was pulled out of school after just the third grade. Third Uncle Lin only wanted to provide for his own biological children; he had no intention of paying for the education of Old Man Lin’s sons.
Third Uncle Lin had a wife and children of his own, all of whom lived in Lin Family Village. Ordinarily, Third Uncle Lin stayed at the tailor shop in town, only returning to the village during holidays and the Lunar New Year. This was why he and Old Mother Lin had managed to keep their affair secret for so many years without anyone finding out. Since they never did anything sordid in Lin Family Village, who would have suspected them?
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